Photos: A Presidential Celebration

Faculty in academic regalia walk outside.
Faculty, administrators, Board of Trustees members and honored guests walk in the inauguration processional. (Photo: Roy Groething)
Academics in regalia on stage.
Faculty, staff, students and distinguished guests applaud Michael Avaltroni, the ninth president of FDU. (Photo: Roy Groething)
A row of female guests at the ceremony.
Jill Avaltroni, wife of the president, and their three children, during the ceremony. (Photo: Roy Groething)
A man in academic regalia and wearing glasses speaks at a podium.
FDU President Michael Avaltroni delivers his inaugural address. (Photo: Roy Groething)
A duo of images. In the first, a man put a chain around another man's neck. In the second, they pose for a photo.
Board of Trustees member and alumnus Winston Lowe, BA’71 (Ruth), bestows the presidential medallion upon Michael Avaltroni. (Photos: Roy Groething)
A group of students and adults pose for a photo.
President Michael Avaltroni is all smiles with a group of students and Rashard Mills, director of student union and campus engagement, Metropolitan Campus, back right, after the inauguration ceremony. (Photo: Roy Groething)
Two young women and a man pose for a photo with a Devil mascot.
From left, Suleima Mestanza, Michael Avaltroni and Michelle Schultheis with Ian the Devil. Mestanza is president of the Student Government Association at the Metropolitan Campus and Schultheis is president of the Student Government Association at the Florham Campus. (Photo: Roy Groething)
People stand in a small group and make chitchat.
President Avaltroni mingles with guests and alumni at the reception following the inauguration ceremony. (Photo: Roy Groething)
A mascot dances near a painted rock.
Ian the Devil and Reuter's Rock, celebrating inauguration!
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